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U.S. House Panel Approves $36.5 Billion For Disaster Relief

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On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee has approved $36.5 billion in emergency funding for relief and recovery from the recent devastating hurricanes and wildfires. The bill includes relief for wildfire efforts, for the National Flood Insurance program and a provision enabling low-income Puerto Ricans to receive emergency nutrition assistance. In the past few weeks, the United States has been battered by a series of hurricanes in the Caribbean, Texas and Florida and wildfires in California.

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